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1 Spur Line In This Issue: Spring Meet in Phoenix 1 Superintendent s Corner 2 Chief Clerk & Paymaster Report 2 Director s Report 3 Achievement Program 3 Tucson Contest Results & Contest Room 4 Roster 5 Railettes 5 Meet Locator Map - Coming Events 6 Copyright 2007 Volume 41 Issue 1 Benson, Arizona Arizona Division, PSR, NMRA January 2007 Spring Meet - Arizona Division, PSR, NMRA Saturday, March 3, Phoenix, Arizona Depot: Registration: Schedule: First Southern Baptist Church of Phoenix 3100 W. Camelback Rd, Phoenix, Arizona (See locator map on Page 6) $ Coffee Provided $ If NMRA member under 21 years of age. (Bring your membership card.) FREE - If you join the NMRA and PSR at Registration. 9:00 AM - Registration opens. Enter contests until noon. 10:00 AM - CLINIC - Building plaster building kits - Richard Dick 11:00 AM - Business Meeting - door prize drawings. 11:30 AM - Break for lunch at a restaurant of your choice. 1:00 PM - CLINIC - DCC Tools - Bruce Petrarca 2:30 PM - CLINIC -Constructing Layout Modules - Roy Sas 3:30 PM - Announce contest winners, door prize drawings. A full slate of NMRA contests is planned. Also included are Levity, Favorite Train and Contests: the ever popular photo contest. The Levity theme will be "Stack Cars". The Favorite Train category will be box cars (the more colorful, the better) with a maximum of ten units, plus power. Bring your favorite model for the Favorite Model (popular vote only) and share it with all who attend. You must be a member of the NMRA to enter contests. Give our contests a try. You may win an award. Tables will be available at 8:30 AM after the sellers registration is paid. There is Swap Meet: no fee for tables, but only Arizona Division members are allowed to sell. Anybody can buy! Please only one table per seller until everybody has a table. Please note all swap meet sellers must be NMRA members and must register. Make a floating bead necklace and earring set. All supplies will be available for you to Railettes: make a set to keep or give as a gift. There will be a choice of colors. This project should take both the morning and afternoon sessions. P.S.R. Copper Trails Silver Rails Convention Sept. 5th 9th, 2007 Tucson, Arizona The Spur Line is the official publication of the Arizona Division of the Pacific Southwest Region of the National Model Railroad Association. Printed by Kwik-Kopy Printing, 4231 West Thunderbird Road, Phoenix, AZ 85053,

2 Page Two Spur Line - January 2007 Superintendent s Corner By: Rick Wheeler Greetings to the Arizona Division Congratulations to all 90 of you who were able to find the Jr. League and work your way through all the road construction. The Clinics were interesting and well presented. Mike Welborn s and John Causbie s clinic was very informative and their handout gives us a leg up on the model manufacturers as a source for parts on passenger cars and obtaining the proper trucks for each car. After watching Bruce Petrarca s clinic on DCC ready engines, I think I will save money because of the damage I would cause, and let him install the decoders for me. Norma Milligan of the BNSF R.R. reminded us all about railroad safety in Operation Lifesaver. Also, when we are on railroad property without permission, IT IS TRESSPASSING. We can be fined more than the cost of a model locomotive. Thank you all for excellent clinics. Ten railettes enjoyed the camaraderie of the meet and made snow boys and snow girls. Your Division Convention Committee is working on the 2007 PSR Copper Trails Silver Rails Convention to be held in Tucson on Sept. 5 through Sept. 9, 2007 at the Sheraton Hotel on Grant Road in Tucson. Please plan to attend. We are also requesting clubs or groups that have modular layouts to display them at the Convention. I want to thank the Division supporters that donated door prizes. Individuals include John Almond, Duane Buck, Dean Peterson and Gary Gezler. Hobby shop supporters that donated door prizes. Were the Hobby Ace, Tucson, HobbyTown USA, Tucson, Affair With Trains, Phx., The Freight Yard, Phx., Roy s Train World, Mesa. Please visit these hobby shops and thank them for their support and buy something. It is time to be thinking of a new Superintendent and Chief Clerk & Paymaster. We need volunteers to run for these two offices. Please contact Lenny Smith Nominations Chairman at or me. Our next meet will be held in Phoenix on Saturday March 3, 2007 at the First Southern Baptist Church, 3100 W. Camelback. (The same place as last year). Keep on building those models. Chief Clerk & Paymaster Report By: Jack Debolt We had a great turnout for the November meet in Tucson, with 90 registered attendees. In addition to 59 members we had 31 adults as guests. Three of these guests joined as new NMRA-PSR members. We have been attracting quite a few guests to our meetings. Let s do our best to continue introducing friends to our hobby and encourage them to join. AZ Division Account Account Balance as of 8/31/06 $ Income: Attendance fees from Nov 06 $ Total Income: $ Expenses: Flyer Postage Nov 06 Meet $32.58 Kwik Kopy Nov 06 Newsletter $ Travel Reimbursement * $ Railette Expenses Nov 06 $ Meeting Expense, Tucson Facility Rental $ Total Expenses: ($718.34) Account Balance as of 30 Nov 06 $ *Operation Lifesaver Speaker Spur Line Distribution By: Dan Stoleson The Spur Line currently is being mailed at a significant cost for copying, postage, etc. ing it to you each time would represent a very worthwhile cost savings to the Division, and would reduce the workload on the individuals doing this work. If you are open to receiving your Spur Line by , please notify me at dmstoleson@aol.com, by phone at (520) , or by snail mail at E Amberwood Dr. Tucson (If you cannot or prefer not to make this change, there is no need to contact me.) Many of us already receive newsletters and communications by , and find it quite satisfactory. My expectation is that will work well for most of us. Thanks very much, Dan Stoleson

Spur Line - January 2007 Director s Report By: Duane Buck We had an excellent turnout for the Tucson meet. A big thank you to all who attended. Three new members were recruited at the meet.

3 Spur Line - January 2007 Director s Report By: Duane Buck We had an excellent turnout for the Tucson meet. A big thank you to all who attended. Three new members were recruited at the meet. There were some excellent discussions during the business meeting. Membership participation and comments are always welcomed. Please plan to attend our next meet in Phoenix during March. The 2007 PSR convention committee is making excellent progress with all planning on, or ahead of schedule. Register early for this event at Tucson. There is a great list of events to choose from for your enjoyment. There are clinics, including the ever popular Modeling with the Masters, and some exciting tours planned. Please plan to attend. We guarantee that you'll have a good time. With the NMRA national convention coming at Anaheim in 2008, volunteers are needed to fill a variety of roles. A list specifying particular needs will be published in the near future. Please bear in mind that this convention is a function of the PSR and we need to actively participate to ensure success. Just a reminder that distribution of the profits to PSR divisions from the NMRA convention is dependent on individual division participation. See you in Phoenix. Request for Clinicians for the 2007 PSR Convention By: Roger C. von Seeburg If you are interested in giving a clinic at the 2007 PSR Convention, to be held September 5 to 9, 2007 in Tucson, AZ, please contact me (contact info below). Don't procrastinate; there are only 27 clinics to be scheduled, and several are already taken. Topics can be anything having to do with prototype railroading or model railroading or special interest topics such as participation in the NMRA Achievement Program. Send me your name, mailing address, phone number and e- mail address (if you have one). Also send the clinic title and a brief description of the clinic for use in the convention program. Also provide me with the equipment requirements you need in the clinic room (slide projector, LCD Projector, VCR & TV, white board, flip chart, etc.). Page Three Achievement Program By: Don Stewart A clinic was presented to the Sun-n-Sand club in January on the Achievement program. Models were brought and judged for merit awards. If you would like to hear about this part of the hobby, contact me and I will bring along the clinic I prepared, some models to help you practice judge, and some forms to help you fill out. Bring your models and I will have qualified judges to score your models. At the recent Regional meet, the Arizona Division again held sway with a model contest best of show and several first places. By the way the Arizona Division also did very well in the photography contest with best of Show and lots of first places. Now is the time to begin your models for the September Regional Convention in Tucson. It should be a great time and some interesting modeling to admire. Continued from column 1 Each clinic will be scheduled for two presentations, on different days and at different times to give the registrants the best opportunity to schedule your clinic while also scheduling themselves for the other activities they also want to place in their schedule. You can contact me (Roger von Seeburg) at 309 E. Beck Ln, Phoenix, AZ , (602) , rvonseeburg@att.net. I will confirm your contact as quickly as possible. I look forward to hearing from all of you and reading about the fantastic topics you have to share with those who attend the convention. Structures - Open First Place: Donkey Engine - By: V.C. Tarpenning ( Photo by: Anna Taylor 2006)

Page Four Spur Line - January 2007 Contest Results Tucson Meet November 11, 2007 Model Construction: (* Indicates Merit Award) Rolling Stock - Open 1st Alan Olson ATN Jordan Spreader #X62* Rolling

4 Page Four Spur Line - January 2007 Contest Results Tucson Meet November 11, 2007 Model Construction: (* Indicates Merit Award) Rolling Stock - Open 1st Alan Olson ATN Jordan Spreader #X62* Rolling Stock - Kit 1st Alan Barnes MMR BN Log Flat Car # * Structures - Open 1st V.C. Tarpenning Donkey Engine * Structures - Kit 1st David Irick Best of Show Duane Buck Red & White Grocery* GN F7A-B-A #363 A/B/C* Note: In the category where there was no first place winner, there was an insufficient point total (76) to allow a first place award in accordance with Arizona Division Contest Rules. Favorite Train ( Piggyback Flat Cars) 1st Nelson Steinmetz O Scale AT&SF MOW Train Levity 1st John Stockton 2nd John Stockton Photography Party Train - Billboard Tank Cars Armored Tank Cars Model Color 1st Allen Greger AT&SF 3571 At Williams, AZ 2nd Allen Greger GREX 6000 at Williams, AZ Prototype Color 1st Phil Everett Nevada Northern #93 2nd Phil Everett "Sheep" 3rd Alan Greger CB&Q #5632 From the Contest Room by: Duane Buck While there was a sparse turnout in the contest room, all entries were of exceptional quality. All five models in the model construction contest received merit awards. There was one first time entry from V.C. Tarpenning, a new NMRA member. David Irick only recently began entering the model contests and already has two merit awards. Two entries in the photography contest are the fewest that I can remember. However, the high quality of the entries was what we have come to expect from Allen Greger. There was one entry in the Arts and Crafts contest. A beautiful pencil drawing by Art Carlton that received 98 points out of a possible 125. There was a complaint by one member that there weren't many contest entries. This individual attends about one of every three meets and rarely ever enters any contests himself. There was also some hearsay comments regarding the model scoring process. These latter comments generally come from the absence of understanding with regard to NMRA judging criteria. Arts & Crafts General Original Category 1st Art Carlton Pencil Drawing of Motor Car Congratulations! Keep on building those models. Structures - Kit First Place: Red & White Grocery - By: David Irick ( Photo by: Anna Taylor 2006) Happy Railroading!

Spur Line - January 2007 Railettes By: Janet Spooner Well, if you missed coming to Tucson in November, you missed your chance to make a snowboy and snowgirl.

There were about 10 women who showed up and cut, glued and sewed for the day to complete the snowgirl and took home the supplies to finish the snowboy at home.

All supplies will be there for each Railette to make necklaces, bracelets, or earrings of their own design. It is time for each of you to come armed with your own creativity.

5 Spur Line - January 2007 Railettes By: Janet Spooner Well, if you missed coming to Tucson in November, you missed your chance to make a snowboy and snowgirl. These who finished them were delighted with the results. There were about 10 women who showed up and cut, glued and sewed for the day to complete the snowgirl and took home the supplies to finish the snowboy at home. In addition to all this hard work, we gossiped, laughed, and generally had a good time. Now the plans for the March meet are to make jewelry. All supplies will be there for each Railette to make necklaces, bracelets, or earrings of their own design. It is time for each of you to come armed with your own creativity. I will have some patterns if you would rather do it that way. But throw caution to the winds and make that piece that you need to compliment or finish that special outfit. In September, the PSR convention will be held in Tucson and the plans for the Railette activities are already well under way. So far we have lined up Katie Sofre to instructing us on how to make a bracelet, Kim Fowler will be instruction us on making cigar box purses and a Christmas Tree centerpiece, and Arliss Powell will speak about what we need to do if we suddenly inherit a railroad, with humor and great compassion. They are some other activities planned but I am not going to tell all now. Have to keep some plans a surprise for the next issue. Of course, a great luncheon is being planned. So hope to see all of you there so we can get reacquainted, laugh, gossip, and hopefully make new friends. Arizona Division Roster Page Five Director - Duane Buck (928) Broken Lance Way buckgnry@msn.com Sedona, AZ Superintendent - Rick Wheeler E Amberwood Dr elisarick@wbhsi.com Saddlebrooke, AZ Chief Clerk & Paymaster - Jack W. Debolt 5905 N. Calle Tiburon Tucson, AZ jackandnancyd1@comcast.net Membership Chairman - Pete Kaczmarowski 1119 N. Gibson St Gilbert, AZ EMDGP30@aol.com Contest Chairman - Duane Buck (928) Broken Lance Way buckgnry@msn.com Sedona, AZ Achievement Program Division Manager Don Stewart E. Bighorn Ave. snpcw@cox.net Phoenix, AZ Nominations Chairman - Lenny Smith 1747 N. Gilbert Ave Casa Grande, AZ lamber@cgmailbox.com Railette Chair - Janet Spooner North 99th Drive Sun City, AZ JSpooner86@aol.com Spur Line Editor - Raymond Taylor E. Sonora Verde Drive Benson, AZ SpurLinePSR@yahoo.com Arizona Division Web Site: Snow People created by Railettes ( Photo by: Anna Taylor 2006) Hope to see you in Phoenix on March 3. Rolling Stock - Kit: BN Log Flat Car # By: Alan Barnes MMR (Photo by: Anna Taylor 2006)

6 Spur Line Official Publication of the Arizona Division, PSR, NMRA Raymond Taylor, Editor 1118 E. Sonora Verde Dr. Benson, AZ PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO PHOENIX, AZ Saturday, March 3, 2007 Phoenix, Arizona Happy New Year! Support your local Hobby Shop! From I-17, exit at Camelback Road. Turn west. There is a traffic light at 27th Ave. The First Southern Baptist Church of Phoenix is located at the northwest quadrant of the 31st Ave and Camelback intersection. Go past 31st Ave. and turn into the parking lot. There will be signs directing you to the correct building. ~ Coming Events ~ June Arizona Division Spring Meet - St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 180 Soldier Pass Rd, West Sedona, AZ. Info: Duane Buck (see roster). September 5th 9th, Copper Trails Silver Rails PSR Convention sponsored by the Arizona Division. The convention will be held at the Sheraton Hotel on Grant Road in Tucson. November 10, Arizona Division Fall Meet - Jr. League of Tucson

In Memory of Lone Eagle Payne

Volume 46 Issue 6 February 2007 In Memory of Lone Eagle Payne Lone Eagle Payne passed away Saturday 27 January at the age of 99. Lone Eagle was a life member of the NMRA having joined in 1947. He was a